RBI conducts fiscal outreach programme

NORTH GUWAHATI, Dec 6 – As a part of the second phase of the financial outreach programmes, the Reserve Bank of India, Guwahati conducted a financial outreach camp at Sesawng village of Aizawl district in Mizoram recently. The objective of the camp was to create awareness about financial products, schemes and services offered by the financial institutions, banks and government departments. Various financial institutions, including Mizoram Rural Bank, Mizoram Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd., KVIC, DRDA, DIC, NEDFi, NABARD, SIDBI, etc., participated in the camp and put up their respective stalls to disseminate information on their financial products. The Executive Director of RBI, VS Das graced the occasion as the chief guest while other guests included Surekha Marandi, Regional Director of North Eastern States, Vanlalnghaka, Additional Secretary Finance, Banking Ombudsman of North Eastern States and other senior officials. The audience included residents of the village and children from various schools.  Later, a meeting was held where among others, V.S.Das, executive director of the RBI, explained the role of the bank in containing inflation to ensure price stability in the country by promoting sound banking system. The speeches delivered by the appointed bank officials were followed by a question-answer session wherein various queries raised by the audience were answered by the chief guest and other senior bank officials.  A quiz programme on topics relating to RBI and banking was also conducted for school children and prizes were distributed to the winners. Mementos were distributed to the winners. Mementos were distributed to all the participants. The Executive Director, V.S.Das also announced the gift of computers to the Govt. High School and Middle Schools.